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My studio is open to my clients by appointment. just email me, and we can work out a time

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upcoming shows

2016 will be a slower year for me to participate in shows. I will definitely be in the Longmont Studio Tour, where I open my studio for the weekend in September. I will post more here when the time comes.
December: I will be a participating artist in the Arvada Center Fine Arts Holiday Show...
You never know when a Pop-Up Gallery event will happen, and I will post that information here as well.

January 28, 2015

Finally back to art

the last couple of months have been full of transitions. one after another. lucky for me, I embrace change....so now, the gallery has gone away, and been replaced by working at the University of Colorado, but the studio has found it's home in a new renovated space in my new home. this image is from an incredible mixed-media class I took with artist Mary Morrison. all about preparing surfaces, and applying collage elements that are seamless. I threw in a little hand-made joomchi dress that I made in the beginning of the class...

It is the time of year to get ready for studio tours. I have decided to participate in the East Boulder County Artist Tour, which is mother's day weekend this May. Here is the beginning of a piece I am working on to get back into the swing of things. the studio tour made me think that people come to see artists inspiration and work space. I figured maybe I could show the process of a painting, as sometimes I wonder how I start my pieces, and where and how they end up as a finished painting.

my first step is to find my back ground colors for the piece. I want to paint a red ladder on a blue back ground...so it makes sense to start with orange? I use a magazine, in this case a "Bienvenidos" from Santa Fe, NM, that I then use the final palate as a backdrop for another piece of art. start mixing some colors

this is a large piece, about 36" x 50". I apply islands of color, scraping it on with a credit card. I soon realize I sure do not have enough orange to finish this piece...I sense a trip to Guiry's tomorrow...

I ran out of my orange, so, I start adding in an incredible Medium Magenta....it's time to stop for the evening, so I smear my magazine color palate, and toss it into my photo shop...